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| Born to be a Bounty Hunter. |
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| Crossfire |
| BOOK STORY |
| Terry Bisson |
| Scholastic Books |
Story published as:
Paperback Youth Novel (2002) |
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Reviews:
1 review [Average review
score: 2.5 / 5] |
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Synopsis:
THE BATTLE OF RAXUS PRIME
Boba Fett is alone, orphaned by the actions of the Jedi.
Continuing his father's legacy, Fett steels his resolve
to survive and follow in his father's footsteps. Bounty
hunter Aurra Sing delivers young Fett to Count Dooku,
the mysterious benefactor who hired Jango. Young Fett
assumes that Dooku will help him, but the renegade Jedi
has his own dark agenda. What Boba discovers on that
war-torn world known as Raxus Prime will change his
life.
The Clone Wars
continue to spread across the galaxy, and Fett is caught
in their crossfire . His adventures will lead him from
the refuse heaps of the galaxy to firefights among the
clouds.
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Chronology:
This story occurs during the first month after the
Battle of Geonosis, approximately 22 years before the
Battle of Yavin. |
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Related Stories (in
chronological order):
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| Reviews: |
| Review by Bones, UK, 2010: |
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"The
Boba Fett series of young reader's books
continues with Crossfire, Terry Bisson's last contribution to
the series.
"There were two things done well in this book. Fortunately,
they are two rather large things. The first is the characterisation
of Boba Fett. Continuing the story from the previous book, Boba
retains much of his determination but also his rather gullible
immaturity, and he makes many mistakes as he strives to be more like
his father. This characterisation is believable and almost without
exception presents a recently-bereaved ten-year old who has
nevertheless had instruction from a ruthless bounty hunter. The
other thing done well is the EV sequence. I felt that the tension
built up by Bisson was appropriate and the scene worked well.
"However, there were quite a number of plot points that grated.
For example: a dig-site worker giving top-secret information to a
complete stranger; Aurra Sing knows the locations of all of Jango
Fett's treasure (this may be explained in the next book); none of
the clone troopers recognise Boba Fett's face, in spite of the fact
that he looks exactly as they did when they were at his stage of
physical development. Plus, Tibannapolis is an uninspired choice of
name for a city.
"This book does well to maintain Boba's portrayal from the last
book, but the storyline is less believable, which does detract,
despite it being a children's book." |
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Rating: 2.5
/ 5
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